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Delaware's Slots are making an Impact

Maryland racing industrialists were curious and apprehensive about the potential impact of their new nemesis: Delaware Park's slot machines. But after several weeks of operation, the apprehension between Marylanders has disappeared - now it has become an all out hysteria. The reason: slots have overtaken horse racing.

Delaware's slot machines have become a hit that any business would consider it phenomenal. Imagine, they're making $300 per machine, and they have a total of 715 slot machines - that's more than $200,000 a day. As stipulated, slot machines should earn $10 million as additional revenues for the Delaware's racing season, consequently grabbing the thoroughbreds from Maryland. Delaware's minor league harness track has quintupled since the installment of slots in the area and is now a major competitor with other race tracks.

If this were any other industry, Maryland's tracks would also install slot machines. But slot machines are a hot political debate, while the racing tracks are so strictly regulated that minor changes needs a state-wide approval. These are troubled times for the thoroughbred industry. If racing tracks continuous to lose revenue, they would have to ask for slot machines. If legislators won't approve, they'd ask to at least give them economic relief to help them commercially survive.

The Racing Reform Acts plans to give Maryland race tracks to recover from its losses through the help of the lottery board. This legislation received much opposition from various industries of special interests. Among them, unavoidably, are anti-gambling groups. That's too much money for a desperate industry that's losing its popularity. So, to save all the trouble, why not just install slot machines in racetracks?

And why shouldn't they get slots? There aren't good arguments against letting racetracks operate slot machines. Moral arguments would be senseless in a state that runs and encourages lottery, which is also exploitative gambling game. The social impact of slots doesn't carry weight either, for how can anybody object to installing a new form of gambling (slot machines) to an already operating gambling establishment (racetracks). The installment of racetracks would benefit Marylanders to increasing their number of tourists and revenue. A good percentage of the revenue coming from racetrack slot machines would go to thoroughbred owners and breeders that bolsters an industry that is extremely important to the state.

If it wasn't for Delaware's installation of slots, Maryland wouldn't have to be troubled with whether or not they would license slot machines in their state. But the competition is already at its helm, and something has to be decided.